Athens Doubleshot, Part II
Ahh, the Eurovision odds, a small industry unto itself.
According to UK bookmaker PaddyPower, Swedish singer Carola is slowly gaining ground on Anna Vissi, the singer representing Greece. Trailing Greece and Sweden, in order of descending odds: Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the United Kingdom, Finland, Germany, Belgium, and Russia.
Sadly, the Monegasque entry, sung by one Séverine Ferrer and titled "La coco-dance," has been given only a one in one hundred chance of winning by PaddyPower. "La coco-dance" is the sort of song we imagine countless French tourists returning from a 1980s Club Med holiday singing until their ears bled, a piece of sugary pop perfection. Go Monaco!
Behind the scenes the buzz is still with Finland's Lordi and Anna Vissi. After Vissi's press conference Tuesday night, a throng of mostly Greek journalists slowed her pace to a crawl as she attempted to leave the press work area adjacent to the press conference space.
Meanwhile, Lordi supporters can be seen among journalists and rabid fans in attendance wearing buttons trumpeting their allegiance to the Finnish hard rock band. We'd root for them too, if their costumes weren't so incredibly terrifying.
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